Physicist Michio Kaku to visit UNR

RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- Popular physicist and professor Michio Kaku is a co-creator of string field theory, and will be visiting the University of Nevada, Reno campus on Feb. 7.

Kaku hosts national television and radio shows, and next month will give a public lecture titled “The Next 20 Years: How Revolutionary Advances in Science Will Alter Human Destiny.” The lecture is at 7 p.m., Feb. 7 and is part of the College of Science’s annual Discover Science Lecture Series.

Admission is free. Lectures are at 7 p.m. in the Redfield Auditorium, Davidson Mathematics and Science Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. Seating may be limited in the auditorium and will be on a first come-first serve basis for the Michio Kaku presentation. This lecture will also be live streamed to other nearby classrooms on campus.

Kaku has published over 70 articles and 11 books. His “Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel” book made the New York Times Best Seller List. He is host of the Science Channel’s TV series, “Sci Fi Science,” as well as a national science radio show that airs in 140 cities.